890A - Ammunition Technician

Duties:

Directs and coordinates the following activities:

  • Accountability
  • Receipt
  • Storage
  • Issue
  • Inspection
  • Maintenance
  • Demilitarization of conventional ammunition, components, residue and unarmed training ammunition devices

Prepares, reviews and/or carries out the following operational plans in ammunition storage areas:

  • Firefighting
  • Emergency destruction
  • Physical security, explosive safety and transportation flow

Investigates and reports conventional ammunition accidents, failures or malfunctions.

Supervises and manages the Standard Army Ammunition System (SAAS) at all levels.

Prepares and/or reviews ammunition storage waivers.

Performs other company grade Officer level duties as required/essential to the unit mission.

Is a self-aware and adaptive technical expert, combat leader, trainer and advisor.

Prerequisites (these minimum prerequisites will not be waived):

  • Be a Sergeant (E-5) with four years' ammunition field experience in Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 89B or 89D. Recruiting, drill sergeant and other nontechnical duties are not considered field experience (USAR, Army National Guard: Civilian experience related to MOS 890A will be taken into consideration).
  • Must be an Advanced Leaders Course (ALC) graduate from a feeder MOS and meet Personnel Reliability Program requirements of AR 50-6
  • Provide a copy of all Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Reports (NCOERs), which should reflect MOS proficiency in an ammunition supervisory capacity. Copies of NCOERs must be provided in hard copy.
  • Enclose a written recommendation from a senior warrant officer (CW3 and above) or from a warrant officer (WO) within the applicant's organization, who holds the WO MOS the applicant is applying for. In organizations where no WO in the correct MOS is available, a letter of recommendation from a senior WO in the correct MOS from a supporting ammunition unit can be substituted.

NOTE: Applicants not meeting the prerequisites listed on this page may still submit a warrant officer Packet, but must submit a separate "Request for Waiver" for each prerequisite not met. Each "Request for Waiver" required must be a separate memorandum, signed by the Applicant, providing rationale on why the Applicant feels the particular waiver should be granted. No waivers will be granted for E-4 and below.

*Note: Army National Guard programs and benefits are subject to change. Your local warrant officer recruiter has the most up-to-date information about job availability and bonuses in your state.